A Chat With The
A Chat With The Ladies. Ladies Number Largely Among The Excursionists That Crowd The Many Pleasure Steamers Which Throng Our Harbors, And Patronize The Numerous Flotillas Of Small Boats That Are To Be Found At Every Lake And Seaside Resort In Canada, And Surely The Saving Of Their Lives Is ...
A Talk With The
A Talk With The Public School Board. G Entlenzen,—i Have Frequently Pointed Out Through The Columns Of The Press The Urgent Necessity That Exists For Better Facilities For Instructing The Public School Children In The Art Of Swimming. With This Object Still In View, .i Address This Chapter To You'in ...
A Word For The
A Word For The Boys. Until The Public Swimming Baths Become More Numerous, Should Be Permitted To Bathe In Our Lakes And Rivers Withou4 Molestation. Half The Papers You Pick Up Nowadays Have Appeals To Authorities Of One Sort And Another To Protect Society From The Small Boy, Who Persists ...
A Yarn For Seamen
A Yarn For Seamen. To Those Who Have Ever Been At Sea For Any Length Of Time, It Is Almost Entirely Unnecessary To Advance Anything To Show The Immense Advantage Of A Knowledge Of The Art Of Swimming. So Fully Has This Fact Been Recognized By The Maritime Powers, That ...
Always Ready
Always Ready. As It Is Proposed By The Canadian Government To Model Our Life Saving Service After The Manner That Has Proved So Effective In The United States, Some Details Of The Modus Operandi Adopted In That Country Will Be Read With Interest, And The Writer Being Familiar With The ...
An Anecdote Of Our
An Anecdote Of Our Fritz. That Fine Soldier, The Late Lamented Emperor Frederick Iii., The Devoted Huiband Of Our Beloved Queen's Eldest Daughter, The Princess Royal Of England, Was One Of The Strongest And Most Expert Swimmers In The Army, And During The Summer Months He Was Accustomed To Take ...
Artificial Aids To Swimming
Artificial Aids To Swimming. The Use Of Mechanical Contrivances As A Means Of Acquiring The Art Of Swimming Should Be Avoided As Far As Possible. There Are Numer Ous Inventions Of This Kind, Such As Cork Floats, Etc. The Most Vener Able, And At The Same Time Valueless, Are The ...
Bathing
Bathing. • "go And Wash In Jordan Seven Times, And Thy Flesh Shall Come Again To Thee, And Thou Shalt Be Clean."-2 Kings V. 10. It Were Well For Mankind If The Prophetic Command Given To Naaman Were Followed More Generally With Reference To Our Bodily Health. " Cleanliness Is ...
Breast Stroke
Breast Stroke. The Beginner, Having Selected A Proper Bathing-place, Should Wade In Up To His Breast, Turn Round, Face The Shore, And Take His Pre Liminary "duck " By Plunging Head And Shoulders Under Water, Thus Preventing A Rush Of Blood To The Head ; Then Rising, Without Hurrying Or ...
Deformity No Impediment To
Deformity No Impediment To Acquiring The Art Of Swimming. The World-renowned Swimming Feats Of Lord Byron Are Confirma Tory Of The Foregoing Remarks. His Famous Swim Across The Helles Pont Affords A Striking Instance Of The Power Of Will To Overcome Physical Infirmities. A Little Of The Sporting Man's Love ...
Description Of The Medals
Description Of The Medals And Clasps Of The Royalhumane Society. Flame Having Been Used, Both By The Ancients And Moderns, As The Emblem Of Life, And Its Extinction As The Symbol Of Death, The Front Of The Medal Represents A Boy Blowing An Extinguished Torch, In The Hope, As Expressed ...
Directions For Restoring The
Directions For Restoring The Drowned - Recommended By The Dolphin Swimming Club. Rule At Once To Employ Means To Restore Breathing. Do Not Delay This In Order To Procure Shelter, Warmth, Stimu Lants, Etc. Rule All Obstructions To Breathing. Instantly Loosen Or Cut Apart All Neck And Waist Bands ; ...
Diving
Diving. Diving Is The Most Exhilarating Enjoyment To Which A Swimmer Can Attain. The Ability To Dive Successfully Is The Ambition Of Every Novice. He Feels A Certain Amount Of Exultation In His Power To Descend Beneath The Surface, Either For Pleasure Or To Recover Lost Articles, Or, If Need ...
Encouragement Of Swimming At
Encouragement Of Swimming At Public Schools. With The View Of Stimulating Our Canadian Youth To Greater Exertion In The Preservation Of Life From Drowning, I Thought It Advisable To Present A Representation Of The Handsome Silver Medallion Awarded By The Royal Humane Society For "swimming Exercises, With Reference To Saving ...
French Swimming Drill
French Swimming Drill. The Citizens Of The Great French Republic Bestow A Great Deal Of Attention Upon Swimming, And, As A Natural Consequence, The French Excel In The Art. This Is Especially The Case In The Army And Navy, No French Soldier Or Sailor Being Considered Au Fait Until He ...
German Swimming Schools
German Swimming Schools. The German•government Devotes Great Attention To The Training Of The Soldiers Of The Empire In All Kinds Of Athletic Exercises, Especi Ally In The Art Of Swimming. Government Teachers Of The Art May Be Numbered By Hundreds, And The General Public Are Free To Avail Themselves Of ...
How To Acquire Confidence
How To Acquire Confidence. In The Writer's Opinion, There Can Be Nothing More Calculated To Put Confidence Into., Young And Timid Swimmers Than The Constant Practising Of The Many Different Positions And Ways Of Using The Body And Limbs In The Water, For In Swimming, As In Everything Else, " ...
Life Saving Appliances
Life - Saving Appliances. Captains Of Vessels Should Exercise Their Crews Frequently In Lower Ing And Hoisting The Life-boats During Fair And Rough Weather, Assign Ing Each Man A Certain Place With Certain Duties. By This Means Each Man Will Become Familiar With His Special Duty, And When The Time ...
One Of The Men
One Of The Men We Know. It Is Always A Pleasure To Know.a Man Who Stands At The Head Of Any Line Of Endeavor. A Man Who Excels In The Particular Direction To Which He Has Turned His Energiesiis Sure To Be A Man Worth Know Ing. Such A Man ...
Our Life Saving Service
Our Life Saving Service. The Life-saving Service Of Canada Is Still In Its Infancy, Though With Very Limited Resources Its Members Have Done Noble Work On Many Trying Occasions. It Is To Be Hoped That Such A Commendable Expenditure Of Public Money Will Very Soon Be Heartily Endorsed By Our ...
Physical Development
Physical Development. Boys—above All Things Endeavor To Be "manly." Canadians Are Rapidly Taking Their Place In All Athletic Competitions. Our Oarsmen, Swimmers, Runners, Fencers, And Athletes Generally, Will Compare Favorably With The Best The World Can Produce ; While In Lacrosse, Cricket, Baseball, Lawn Tennis, And Other Games, We Frequently ...
Physical Training
Physical Training. Believing In The Truth Of The Above Quotation, I Address This Chapter More Particularly To The Rising Generation, But Older Heads May Read It With Profit. - Hitherto I Have Tried To Avoid, As Far As I Could, Consistently With The Nature Of This Work, The Too Frequent ...
Plunging
Plunging. Plunging Is The Act Of Springing Into The Water Head-first. This Is The Only Method Of Entering The Water Which A Dashing Swimmer Will Allow Himself To Use ; When The Learner Has Become Somewhat Familiar With The Element And Its Buoyant Power, And Has Learned The Proper Use ...
Public Swimming Schools
Public Swimming Schools. The Citizens Of Canada Should Make Every Effort Posssible To Extend A Knowledge Of The Art Of Swimming By Erecting As Many Buildings Of This Kind As Possible, In Order That Canadians May Some Day Excel The World In Swimming, As They Now Do In Rowing. It ...
Rules Dolphin Swimmingclub
Rules - Dolphin Swimming Club. 1. That This Club Be Called The "dolphin Swimming Club," And That Its Purpose Be The Encouragement And Teaching Of Swimming, And Saving Of Life From Drowning ; And That The Crest And Motto, " Honor, Heroism, Humanity," Designed For The Club By Captain Andrews, ...
Selecting A Suitable Bathing
Selecting A Suitable Bathing Place. Great Care Should Be Exercised In The Selection Of A Bathing Place. The Novice Should Choose Some Well-known Bathing Resort, Where The Water Is Shallow ; And, If A Stranger, He Should Sound The Chosen Spot Carefully With A Pole, In Order To Ascertain Its ...
Side Stroke
Side Stroke. This Stroke Is Generally Learned After The Common Breast Stroke Has Been Acquired. It Is The Swiftest Means Of Propulsion Through The Water That Can Be Adopted, And Is Specially Of Service In Competitions As To Speed. In What Is Known As A " Go-as-you-please " Contest, Where ...
Swimming Races
Swimming Races. To Attain Success In A Swimming Competition, The Horizontal Posi Tion Is Preferable To All Others, As It Enables The Swimmer To Get Over More Ground, Or Rather Water, At A Much Greater Speed Than Can Be Obtained By Any Other Method. Fish Adopt The Horizontal Position Naturally, ...
Swimming On The Back
Swimming On The Back. This Accomplishment Is Very Easy To Acquire, And Not Only Most Bef Ul, But May Be Said To Be Indispensable To Those Who Have To Swim Long Distances, Or Remain For A Considerable Time In The Water, As It Can Be Performed With Greater Ease Than ...
The Albert Medal
The Albert Medal. By Royal Warrant Of 12th April, 1867, Two Decorations Were Instituted, Viz.: The Albert Medal Of The First Class, And The Albert Medal Of The Second Class, " Which " (in The Language Of The Warrant) "we Are Desirous Should Be Highly Prized And Eagerly Sought After." ...
The Art Of Swimming
The Art Of Swimming. _ Primary Object Of This Work Is The Extension Of A Knowledge Of Swimming, With A View To The Preserv*tion Of Life From Drowning. Many Persons Never Think Of The Value Of Swimming, Until By Some Unforeseen Accident They Are Precipitated Into The Water; Then Instantly ...
The Dobbins Life Boat
The. Dobbins Life Boat Captain D. P. Dobbins, Superintendent In The United States Life Saving Service At Buffalo, A Few Years Ago Designed And Had Built, Under His Own Supervision, A Life-boat Which Is Self-righting, Self-bailing, Self Ballasting And Insubmergible, Besides Possessing Great Strength, And Of Very Moderate Weight, Which ...
The Life Savingbenevolent
The Life - Saving Benevolent Association Of New York. In Every Great Maritime City The Sea And Its Dangers Are Objects Of The Deepest Interest. The Sea Presents Itself Not Only As A Great Highway For Commerce, A Field Of Boundless Pleasure And Profitable Employment, But Alas ! It Has ...
The Massachusetts Humane Society
The Massachusetts Humane Society. This Society Was Established As Far Back As The Year 1785„a Few Years Later Than The Royal Humane Society, And With Similar Objects —to Reward Deeds Of Bravery In Saving And To Furnish Information And Apparatus For The Recovery Of Persons Appar Ently Drowned. The Society ...
The Necessity Of Confidence
The Necessity Of Confidence. The One Indispensable Requisite In Learning The Art Of Swimming Is Absolute Confidence In The Power Of The Water To Support The Human Body Upon Its Surface; This Confidence Once Acquired, All The Rest Is Comparatively Easy. As Swimming Is Considered The Most Necessary Accomplishment Of ...
The Operation Of Rescue
The Operation Of Rescue. By First Firing His Costin Signal, Which Emits A Red Flame Burning For Several Minutes, And Hastens To Make His Report To The Keeper, Who Decides What Is To Be Done. If It Is Decided To Reach The Vessel By Water, The Crew Proceed To The ...
The Popular Plunge
The Popular Plunge. Another Method Of Accomplishing The Same Thing, Is To Take A Slight Spring From The Platform, And Immediately That The Body Is In To Straighten It Then And Enter The Water Diagonally:, Body Straight And Rigid, Head Downwards, The Heels Close Together, And Hands Extended In Advance ...
The Proper Method To
The Proper Method To Be Adopted In Rescuing Drowning Persons By Swimming To Their Relief. "courage And Humanity Are The Greatest Of Nature's Adornments." —darling. This Is Something That Every Swimmer Ought To Know. Many Of Our Best Swimmers Shrink Involuntarily From Making The Attempt To Save A Fellow-creature In ...
The Royal Humane Society
The Royal Humane Society. For The Benefit Of My Readers Who May Not Be Familiar With The History Of This Truly Noble Society, I Give The Following Brief Sketch, Which Cannot Fail To Be Interesting : As The Year Of Its Institution Denotes, The Society Is Now In Existence 115 ...
The Skimming Plunge
The Skimming Plunge. This Method Of Plunging Is More Difficult To Acquire Than The Pre Vious One ; But, When Thoroughly Mastered, It Will Be Found One Of The Most Useful, As It Certainly Is One Of The Most Graceful, Feats In Swimming. In Fact, A Person's Ability As A ...
The Wiman Island Swimming
The Wiman Island Swimming Baths - Public Swimming Baths. The Author Takes This Opportunity Of Referring To The Above Strange Though It May Seem That In A Go-a-head City Like Toronto, With So Vast A Population And So Much Wealth, With Her Beautiful Bay And Magnificent Lake At Her Feet, ...
Toward The Wreck
Toward The Wreck. And On Arriving There The Sailors Make Fast The Tail Block Of The Whip. To The Mast, Well Up In Accordance With The Printed Instructions On The Tally-board, And Show A Signal To The Shore. The Life Savers Now Bend On A Strong Hawser To The Lower ...
Treading Water
Treading Water. Treading Water Is Accomplished By Allowing The Feet To Fall From A Floating Or Swimming Position, And Performing With The Legs The Same Motion That Is Made In Going Up A Flight Of Stairs. 'his Method Has The Advantage Of Sustaining The Body At A Uniform Height.. The ...
Upright Swimming
Upright Swimming. The Upright Position In Swimming Is Recommended By Some Writers Because In The " Breast Stroke" The Head Has To Be Bent Back In Order To Raise The Mouth And Chin Clear Of The Surface, And Pain In The Back Of The Neck Is Sometimes The Consequence, Especially ...